Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
George Saunders
Charting Jan 27, 2013 → Mar 15, 2026 · 23 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.29%
- week of Mar 10, 2013
- Career Power
- 173
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 76
- April 2012 – March 2013
- Peak Five Years
- 144
- April 2012 – April 2017
- Top-five weeks
- 11
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 23
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 14.62%
- week of Mar 12, 2017
- Comebacks
- 2
- March 2017, February 2026
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jun 16, 2013 | Mar 12, 2017 | 193 | 192 | 5.30% | 3.01% |
| After absence | Jul 9, 2017 | Feb 22, 2026 | 448 | 276 | 5.30% | 2.01% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
4 books · 173 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenth of December | #2 | 10 | 75.5 | ||
| Lincoln in the Bardo | #1 | 8 | 68.5 | ||
| Vigil | #1 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| Liberation Day | #10 | 1 | 4.2 |